sealing wax

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English

sealing wax in use

Alternative forms

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sealing wax

sealing-wax

Pronunciation

enPR: sēlʹĭng wăks', IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/

Noun

sealing wax (usually uncountable, plural sealing waxes)

Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.

Derived terms

sealing-wax red

Translations

wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it

Belarusian: сургу́ч m (surhúč), ляк m (ljak)
Bulgarian: черве́н во́сък m (červén vósǎk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 封蠟／封蜡 (zh) (fēnglà), 火漆 (zh) (huǒqī)
Dutch: zegelwas (nl) m
Esperanto: sigelvakso
Finnish: sinettivaha (fi)
French: cire à cacheter (fr) f
German: Siegellack (de) m
Greek: βουλοκέρι (el) n (voulokéri)
Hungarian: spanyolviasz (hu), pecsétviasz (hu)
Japanese: 封蝋 (ja) (ふうろう, fūrō)
Korean: 봉랍(封蠟) (ko) (bongnap)
Nogai: лав (lav)
Polish: lak (pl) m
Portuguese: lacre (pt) m
Russian: сургу́ч (ru) m (surgúč)
Scottish Gaelic: cèir-sheulachaidh f
Spanish: lacre (es) m
Tagalog: lakre
Telugu: లక్క (te) (lakka)
Ukrainian: сургу́ч m (surhúč)

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